Sentimental look at New York bars skips darker side

... the dive bars serving up cheap drinks and the gritty ambience favored by the young, the romantic and the restless. Downtown becomes cool, then trendy, and before the settlers are ready, entrepreneurs arrive to create what Ocejo calls "nightlife ...

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Bieber snacks at Greenwich restaurant

Chef Anthony John Rinaldi welcomed singer Justin Bieber to the Golden View Firenze restaurant in Greenwich last week. The pop superstar stopped in at the Railroad Avenue spot for a snack.

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Bieber snacks at Grenwich restaurant

Chef Anthony John Rinaldi welcomed singer Justin Bieber to the Golden View Firenze restaurant in Greenwich last week. The pop superstar stopped in at the Railroad Avenue spot for a snack.

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Carolyn Livengood: The Redwood City Downtown Business Group invites everyone to play in the snow

The Redwood City Downtown Business Group invites everyone to come play in the snow on Dec. 6 when it kicks off the holiday season with its annual "Hometown Holidays" community festival starting at 10 a.m., rain or shine, in the downtown area. * 6:15 p.m., Caltrain Holiday Train decorated with 60,000 lights will arrive at Sequoia Station.

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BRIC Reveals Winners of Fireworks Residency, Commissioning Program

... week intensive on-site development phase at BRIC House, BRIC's 40,000-square-foot multi-disciplinary facility in Downtown Brooklyn and culminates in a final public presentation. This public phase can take many forms including a multi-media ...

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Soccer Watch

The Austin Aztex are holding their 2015 Launch Party as we go to press, Downtown at PGi Austin, with the big news being their affiliation with Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew SC . They're also unveiling season ticket info, and the 2015 jersey, along with the revised logo introduced last week.

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the Meeting to Host 5th Annual Holiday Spectacular at Joe's Pub, 12/7

... and sexual outlaw: I'm not sure Justin Sayre is classifiable. The veteran performer is on his way to becoming a Downtown Manhattan institution along the lines of Charles Ludlum or Charles Busch ." Justin is a child of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania who ...

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Qui Nguyen to Write New Play for Waterwell; Premieres This Spring

... Adaptation of Comics into other Media (Men of Steel); 2004 NYTheatre.com's People of the Year; and cited as a "Downtown Playwright to Watch" by TIME OUT NEW YORK. He is a proud resident artist at New Dramatists , a core member of The Playwrights' ...

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Laurence Miller Gallery exhibits the work of Will Brown and Bruce Wrighton

... Library of Yale University, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and many private collections. Bruce Wrighton The Downtown Men Bruce Wrighton died a virtual unknown in 1988 at the age of 38. The Downtown Men, from 1987, was to be his final body of ...

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The Holiday Season is Upon Us

... Watch for the Opening of Wolfgang's Steakhouse in Somerville Soon to arrive in Somerville Town Center, located in Downtown Somerville, and a first for New Jersey, Wolfgang Zweiner will open his signature steak house this winter. Having honed his ...

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Beauty: Can You Match the Beauty Look to Its NYC Neighborhood?

Uptown , Downtown , North Brooklyn , South Brooklyn , Queens -can New Yorkers tell where you live by whether you prefer metallic purple lipstick to a sheer rosy stain, or lived-in fishtail braids to bouncy blowouts? We tapped four of our favorite neighborhood beauty spots-the Lower East Side 's Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics , Cobble Hill 's Shen Beauty , the Upper East Side 's Kimara Ahnert , and Soho 's Birchbox -along with dry style pros Prettier Please , to make the case for hyper-local hair and makeup.

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Stage preview: 'Newsies' makes a headliner of Pittsburgh's Dan DeLuca

The morning after opening night, Dan DeLuca, the star of the national tour of "Newsies," was in a Philadelphia hotel room, doing a phone interview with his hometown newspaper. He sounded wide awake, but he was still in his pajamas, he said, after the postshow party thrown by his employers, the theatrical arm of the Walt Disney Co.

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It Happened One Weekend: Ski Season for New Yorkers; Couple Rents in Downtown Bk

What are they spending millions of dollars on? What are they complaining about? This is What's Up With Rich People? As the temperature drops, be warmed at the thought of rich people finding winter solace out west, because it's ski season! This weekend, The New York Times takes a look at Snowmass Village, which is a ski resort complex just a few miles away from Aspen. Now, Related CEO Jeff T. Blau is hoping to take over the development of a massive stalled project called Base Village, featuring a million square feet of retail, condos, night life, and hotels.

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Eastside Culture Crawl opens studio doors

... surf. After skyrocketing rent forced him out of his studio in Lower Lonsdale, Pierobon set up shop in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, making him a perfect candidate for the Eastside Culture Crawl. "You reach a threshold of what's been done and then ...

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Eastside Culture crawl opens studio doors

... surf. After skyrocketing rent forced him out of his studio in Lower Lonsdale, Pierobon set up shop in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, making him a perfect candidate for the Eastside Culture Crawl. "You reach a threshold of what's been done and then ...

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Woodworking veteran opens his studio doors

... surf. After skyrocketing rent forced him out of his studio in Lower Lonsdale, Pierobon set up shop in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, making him a perfect candidate for the Eastside Culture Crawl. "You reach a threshold of what's been done and then ...

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Reelin' and Writin'

... world of the revival house, and sleuthing quest for lost films at the Criterion site in a conversation titled " Downtown Screwball ." Molly Haskell: First of all, congratulations on a terrific novel. It's wonderfully fresh and original, a ...

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Enron relived at Moxie Theatre

Try this just for fun: Ask the next 10 people you meet to explain the 2001 Enron scandal to you. Odds are, most of them will say they've heard of Enron and they knew there was some scandal involving it, but that'd be it.

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Parts of Buffalo area buried under 4-5 feet of lake-effect snow

... a hard-to-fathom 60 inches of snow! But typical of lake-effect snow, areas just a few miles away, including downtown and north Buffalo, had just a couple of inches. In fact, the town of Cheektowaga, a suburb of Buffalo, had just a few inches on the ...

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Century 21, last NY discounter, is thriving and expanding

... of the family-run firm. In addition to planning for holidays - Century 21 is hosting a pop-up shop with its former downtown neighbor J&R - the 56-year-old retail exec is busy keeping the nine-unit chain's 5,000 employees happy and looking at new ...

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Downtown View Shade or Shadow?

... Utile Design and a consultant to the Public Realm and Watersheet Activation Plan and Municipal Harbor Plan for the Downtown Boston Waterfront. One-sixth isn't much in a city where most shadows land on the rooftops of surrounding buildings. Moreover, ...

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AJ Greentech Holdings To Develop United States Solar Warehouse in Downtown, NY

The solar warehouse gives AJ Greentech unprecedented control of research and development, marketing, branding, distribution, and sales. The company looks to establish a strong presence in the technological sector of Downtown, NY.

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To Do This Week In New York City: A Psychedelics Panel and Paula Vogel's New Play

The Whitney is going down. Not in a scary, threatening way, just in an "inevitable move downtown" way.

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AJ Greentech Holdings to Develop United States Solar Warehouse in Downtown, NY

NEW YORK, NY and LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESSWIRE / November 19, 2014 / AJ Greentech Holdings, Ltd. , a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of green energy, has begun development on a new United States-sanctioned solar warehouse that will be built in the up-and-coming area of Downtown, NY. The solar warehouse gives AJ Greentech unprecedented control of research and development, marketing, branding, distribution, and sales.

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Stoney And Bill Hottie Of The Day: Lindsay Ellingson November 19, 2014

... Secret) NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 13: Model Lindsay Ellingson attends the 2013 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at TAO Downtown on November 13, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 13: Model Lindsay ...

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Sharks game against Sabres officially on, as snow blankets Buffalo

... optional skate Tuesday morning at First Niagara Center, where the Sharks will finish their seven-game road trip. Downtown Buffalo, where the arena is, has not been as greatly impacted by the storm as other areas, with reports of more than three feet ...

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Sharks game against Sabres still on as snow blankets Buffalo

... skate Tuesday morning at First Niagara Center, where the Sharks are supposed to finish their seven-game road trip. Downtown Buffalo, where the arena is, has not been as greatly affected by the storm as other areas, but there are reports of more than ...

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Writer's Point of View of Upstate NY Offends Residents

... of that misconception. But I think that there are positive things happening," said Utica resident Katie Reilly. Downtown districts are being revitalized across the state, city living and loft apartments are sought after and industries like ...

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'Tamburlaine' takes the stage by storm at the Theatre for a New Audience

The fierce and utterly charismatic warrior who calls himself "the scourge of God and terror of the world" takes the stage by storm in a riveting production of "Tamburlaine, Parts I and II" at the Theatre for a New Audience, Polonsky Shakespeare Center. OBIE Award-winning classical actor John Douglas Thompson shakes the rafters of the Downtown Brooklyn playhouse with a masterful portrayal of Christopher Marlowe's Scythian shepherd who declares himself marked by destiny to rule the world.

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Tres Bien: French Government Buys Airy Greenwich Village Perch for $4.3 M.

The French government has, of late, been all vendre, vendre vendre when it comes to New York real estate, cashing in on the country's sprawling co-op at the superlative 740 Park and listing 1143 Fifth Avenue, a handsome brick and limestone building at E. 95th Street that has for years provided housing for diplomatic staffers . But naturally, even if not in the pre-war splendor of Park and Fifth, the republic's diplomats must still live somewhere .

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New York Thanksgiving: Travel challenge

Each week, we invite three companies to offer us their best deal for a specific break. This week: a New York break, spending Thanksgiving in the city.

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Report: Arts and culture bring $310 million to Downtown Brooklyn, Cultural District

An economic report released on Thursday by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership finds that cultural institutions in the Brooklyn Cultural District and greater Downtown Brooklyn generated nearly $310 million in economic activity in the borough last year. The report, which analyzed data gathered by the Partnership and the Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance from 37 of the area's 60 cultural institutions - including the Brooklyn Academy of Music , the Brooklyn Historical Society, and BRIC Arts Talent and production staff that performed or worked at the institutions booked over 8,000 hotel stays in and around Downtown Brooklyn during the same time period, DBP said.

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Disaster video in the making? Yes or no, take your pick

... and propane storage facilities along Seneca Lake. Barges and groves of trees being sucked down watery sinkholes. Downtown buildings erupting in geysers of flame that can't be quenched. This is the essence of the controversy that's focused on one ...

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Savannah media magnate details historic Trustees' Garden redevelopment

Savannah business leader Charles Morris says the redevelopment of the historic Trustees' Garden property on the eastern edge of the Historic District is going smoothly and there may even be room for two amphitheaters. Speaking Wednesday to the monthly luncheon of the Savannah Downtown Business Association, Morris detailed his plans for the sprawling community-oriented complex dedicated to arts, culture and wellness.

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Faith In Brooklyn for Nov. 12

... communities and critically needed renovation to Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, the seat of the Eparchy, here in Downtown Brooklyn. , reading the story from Luke's Gospel of Jesus' visit to Martha and Mary, then turned his attention to the night's ...

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Apple to build flagship store in historic L.A. district

Apple is looking to open a flagship store in downtown Los Angeles' historic Broadway Trade Center, reports the Downtown LA Examiner , which claims its heard whispers that Cupertino plans to invade the massive building that nearly occupies an entire city block. The Broadway Trade Center building was recently purchased by New York real estate firm Waterbridge Capitol earlier this year for around $130 million, but it the company may have already scored its first tenant.

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Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley and Keith Urban Performances Featured on Country Now

Firefighters cut through a glass window on the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center Wednesday afternoon in New York, successfully rescuing two window washers who w... -- Did Jesus have a wife and two kids? That is the striking -- to some, blasphemous -- claim at the heart of the new book The Lost Gospel: Decoding the Ancient Text T... REAP Irrigation Energy Cost Savings-From Testing Your Pumps to Financing and Completing the Project is a free one-day workshop that will introduce participants to free equip... The NSAA State high school volleyball tournament begins on Thursday in Lincoln. A number of area teams will be in action.

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EVENT: Flower power Downtown: Do-gooders bury bulbs by courts

The Cadman Plaza Park Conservancy planted 1,650 daffodil bulbs in the strip of green space that extends from Tillary Street to Prospect Street on Saturday. Green-thumbed volunteers showed up from around the borough to help, shoulder-to-shoulder with neighborhood residents, one park steward said.

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Freelancers Union Restructures Health Care Approach for 2015

... Blue Shield to provide coverage. Instead, it will focus on expanding its primary health care clinics, like one in Downtown Brooklyn. "Premiums start at $392 and go up to a bit over $500 for the different plans, and then you can access this for free ...

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81-Year-Old Woman Fulfills Life-Long Dream, Becomes A Girl Scout

... keep the grown-ups of the family happy as well! Travel-Ticker Example Deal: San Diego: 30% off four-star downtown waterfront hotel, $90+: Downtown and by the water -- the best of both worlds. Sale rates vary at the four-star Manchester Grand Hyatt ...

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Marilyn Maye to present free Topeka concert Thursday

Marilyn Maye, the internationally known Kansas City-based cabaret singer whose career advanced from childhood talent shows in Topeka to 76 appearances on "The Tonight Show," will conduct a free concert Thursday evening at the Topeka Performing Arts Center. Hosted by Downtown Topeka, Inc., as part of its DTI After Hours festivities, the jazz singer the late Johnny Carson once called one of this favorite guests will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 S.E. 8th .

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You Can Now Get Jared Leto's Sexy-Lady Hair

... players in the hair industry, is launching a new salon called IGK . The establishment will sit pretty in the Dream Downtown Hotel in New York City, The Cut reports. The salon will offer balayage, the technique responsible for those glowing, gilded ...

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Savills Studley: Stable Q3 Office Picture

... among both small start-ups and larger established firms. Several smaller firms set up or expanded operations in Downtown San Diego during the quarter. Leasing activity has cooled a bit in the last several quarters. Trailing leasing (the sum of ...

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The Flea Premieres I See You Tonight Off-Broadway

... Drama School. He's worked at many venues in New York City, Nationally and Internationally. Drama Desk cited for Downtown Adventurous Theater, Two-time OBIE-award winner, National Board of Review Excellence in Filmmaking, and cited for artistic ...

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STRIP: Wynn, Soul Train, Burlesque Festival, Penn

CEO Seth Schorr, right, gives Steve and Andrea Wynn a tour during the opening of the Downtown Grand Las Vegas on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Tickets go on sale today for the Dec. 16 premiere of "Steve Wynn's Showstoppers" with 34 singers and dancers performing Broadway's biggest hit songs with a 30-piece orchestra.

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BizHawk: 7-Eleven, Second Subway in Store for Downtown Santa Barbara

Share your business news, including employee announcements and personnel moves, by emailing news@noozhawk.com . ] A new 7-Eleven convenience store and a Subway sandwich shop will be going into a development under construction at the corner of Mission and State streets in downtown Santa Barbara.

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Controversial preschool proposal has North Bergen residents pitted against each other

... night, and applause broke out from different sides of the meeting room after someone who shared their views spoke. Downtown residents said those who live uptown and object to the school's presence should understand there are no comparable parks in ...

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Brooklyn Heights: Remembering a realtor with big ambitions for Brooklyn

... back when most realtors still thought of it as a receptacle for back-office operations, according to the head of a Downtown business group. "He was one of the first people to articulate Downtown Brooklyn as a hub for the technology economy," said ...

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Dinner to raise funds for holiday decorating

The Fitchburg Downtown Decorating Committee invites the community to a pasta dinner fundraiser at the Fitchburg Senior Center from 4:30-7 p.m. on Wednesday. This is the second annual pasta dinner to provide support for additional holiday lights on the Upper Common during the Christmas season.

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Spinedex Physical Therapy Usa Incorporated v. United Healthcare of...

... Car-Graph, Inc.Group Health Plan; Citigroup, Inc.Group Health Plan; Discount Tire Co., Inc.Group Health Plan; Downtown Tempe Community, Inc.Group Health Plan; Faxwatch, Inc.Group Health Plan; General Motors CorporationGroup Health Plan; Genuine ...

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City of El Paso wants county to light up Christmas this year

... not intend to keep or purchase the decorations, but will return them when the Christmas season ends. The annual Downtown holiday lights event last year was moved from the San Jacinto Plaza, which is under construction, to the smaller Cleveland ...

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Kelli Germeraad: Saluting veterans with a hearfelt 'thank you'

... held on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at 9 a.m. near the veteran's memorial in Andrews Park. The tribute is hosted the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District Dinner tickets are still available for the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 165 Veterans ...

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Ca on City General Government Committee mulls design concepts for Macon Plaza

... future - were topics of discussion during Wednesday's Canon City General Government Committee meeting. Part of the Downtown Strategic Plan that was approved in 2012 includes Macon Plaza, located on Macon Avenue, between Fifth and Sixth streets. ...

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New York City's Middle Class Is Shrinking

... five boroughs? Wealthy white people, especially singles, who have expanded to neighborhoods like Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn. In fact, wealthy white people are now the fastest-growing population group in New York City. They're largely moving ...

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President of YMCA of Greater NY to retire

... communities will really benefit from the Y." During Mr. Lund's tenure, the Y opened facilities in Chinatown, Downtown Brooklyn and Park Slope while completing major projects in all of the Y's remaining branches. Currently, the YMCA is planning new ...

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Expansion of gambling does not lead to more problem gamblers, study finds

... which have multiple-year funding, are supported by federal, state and private foundation grants. Located on UB's Downtown Campus, RIA is a member of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and a key contributor to UB's reputation for research excellence. ...

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Health and fitness briefs

... manage thoughts and behaviors and live a balanced life. Info: 575-528-5053. Community Class: 10 a.m. Wednesday at Downtown Desert Yoga, 303 S. Alameda Blvd. Gentle flow, explore fusion of Yin poses to improve range of motion and flexibility and ...

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the Meeting* to Honor Candy Darling at Joe's Pub, 11/16

... and sexual outlaw: I'm not sure Justin Sayre is classifiable. The veteran performer is on his way to becoming a Downtown Manhattan institution along the lines of Charles Ludlum or Charles Busch ." Justin is a child of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania who ...

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The Bizarre Reason You'll Find A Gigantic 'R.I.P. Taylor Swift' Mural In Downtown Manhattan

Taylor Swift has been named the "global welcome ambassador" of New York City and that has brought with it some very interesting reaction. on Manhattan's Lower East Side, had the idea to commission a local graffiti artist to paint a memorial for Taylor Swift on the gate outside their store, according to The Huffington Post.

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Move In Day for First Employees at One WTC

... by the evil that visited us on that dark day 13 years ago," said Jessica Lappin, president of the Alliance for Downtown New York. Harper Collins recently moved a few blocks east of One World Trade Center, and Time Inc. is expected to move in nearby ...

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One World Trade Opens Doors to First Tenant

... be stilled or cowed by the evil that visited us that dark day 13 years ago," said Jessica Lappin, president of the Downtown Alliance. With the death and destruction that reigned at this site years ago not far from most New Yorkers minds, security ...

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The Wall Street Journal: First World Trade Center employees arrive

... focused on the tower's symbolism of resilience and remembrance. Jessica Lappin, president of the Alliance for Downtown New York, said the building's opening showed that "our way of life, our determination to carry on, to write, to create...would not ...

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On the Market: Conde Nast's Reduced Circumstances at 1WTC; Where is Mitchell Silver?

Today marks the first day that Conde Nast staffers will report to work at 1 World Trade Center; The New York Times examines what the move will mean for Lower Manhattan, which seems to reveal as much about the decline of the media industry as it does about the rise of Downtown. And while Downtown Alliance president Jessica Lappin boasts that "Conde Nast's arrival puts a stiletto in the heart of the outdated notion that Lower Manhattan is stuffy and gray," it's undeniable that generous incentives have played a major role in the relocation, which will mean somewhat reduced circumstances for the staffers: "This time around, Conde Nast did not bring in a star architect for the cafeteria on the 35th floor of 1 World Trade Center.

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Halloween hangs around one more day at The Ainsworth

... LovelyLauren reported Saturday that she and "The Little Market" team were serving lunch for a good cause at the Downtown Women's Center in Los Angeles, California Tuesday, October 28, plus additional photos from Lauren's Kohl's holiday collection. ...

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